Gas-producer apparatus.



J. A. 111111111011.. GAS PRO'DUGBR APPARATUS. APILIOATION FILED JULY` 15, 1908.

Patentd A N E v, m

JAMES A. Hermien, or NE-WYoiair, N. Y.

.GAs-rnonuciia ArrAnA'rUs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

,Application viledjluly 15, 1909. Serial No. 507,722.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be itknow'n that I, .JAMES A. Henrica, residing at Newl York, inthe county of New York and State of 'New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Producer Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates tothe manufacture of producer gas and one of the objects thereof is'to provide a new and improved gas producer.

Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the above character of such construction that the mass within the same will be kept from clogging `and the formation of crevices or fissures in suclimass h prevented.

Another object is to provide improved means for .discharging fuel into a producer `and for distributing it evenly upon the bed therein.

A further object is to providejmproved means for discharging ashes from the producer.

Cther objects will bein part obvious and,y

in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of lso producer `of the elements and arrangement of' parts, which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and the sco e of .the applicat' n of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein is illustrated one form of various possible embodiments of my invention: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View taken through the showing the same; Fig4 2 is a top view partl in section with certain of the parts brokenaway better to tillustrate the construction; and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken through the cover portion reducer.

Simi ar reference characters refer to similarparts throughout the several features of` the drawing.

Referring now sents the .casin ing constitute tothe drawings, A repreof a producer, the same bein the present instance by u1 per and lower sections 1 and 2, respec-I tively,

the upper section being supported as by means of legs or pillars 3 4which rest upon thelfounlation or setting 4. The casing is divided `horizontally to provide the upper and lower sections 1 and 2 along line indicated at 5, which construction permits of the lower section 2 being revolved.

' The lower section of the producer tapers Y inwardly as shown at 7 which tapered portion carries an annular track S'twhich rest-s upon rollers 10 revolubly mounted u on studs 11 carried by pillars 3. These rol ers rotatably support the lower section 2 of the producer.

The means provided for revolving section 2 comprises a gear wheel 12 1which meshes with teeth formed upon the annular Iinembei- 13 encircling section 2 and fixedly secured thereto. Gear wheel 12 is carried upon the shaft 14 which has a bevel gear l5 -nieshing with a driving bevel gear 16 upon the shaft 17, which latter shaft re ceives its power from any suitahle'source.

18 indicates a receptacle or basin formed in the setting 4 underneath the body of the producer into which dips the tapering end 7 of section 2. The lower end of the latter extends below the level of the water in the basin whereby the lower end of the producer is trapped or sealed. Basin 18 is also adapted `for receiving ashes which are discharged from the lower end of the producer which ashes will be removed by any suitable means, a space for this purpose being provided between the lower end .of the producer and the side wall of the basin. In order that the discharge of the ashes from the basin of the producer may be `properly regulated an apertured plate 20hs secured to the lower end of section 2, and mounted in slides 21.. formed plate 22 having apertures which register with those of plate 20. Plate 22 is also supported at'its central portion by means of the collar 23 carried upon an upstanding portion 24l of the blast pipe 25 which extends through the support 4 of the producer.

' Secured to plate 22 is an arm S by means of which the saine may be rotated to vary the position of' the `apertures thereof wit respe it'wil'l be seen that the size of the ash dischar apertures of the producer may be regulted as desired. The upstanding porin this plate is a. second ct to those of theY fixed plate 20. Thus l" il...

tion 24 vof the blast pipe is supplied with a 54. Disposed beneath plate 50 is an annuspiral wing 27 which assists in forcing the lar apertured plate 55, the apertures of -ashes in a downwarddirection when secwhich are adapted to register with apertion 2 of the producer is rotated. This'uptures 47 and 48. This plate which is prostanding portion also carries twyer box vided upon its edge with gear teeth may be 7| structure 28 by means of which the blast is rotated as by means of the gear wheel 56 discharged or distributed within the proon the shaft 57 provided with the hand ducer. l lever 58. It will be seen that the rotation The upper portion of section 1 of the of this plate will vary the size of the aperplfoducer which may be sealed from sectures which lead from the hopper to the `7E tion 2 as bymeans of the water seal 29, is interior of the producer, and it will be seen provided with a revoluble cover 30, the that by the rotation of section 51 of the same being supported uponfball bearings as blast pipe the apertures between the hopper at 31 so that the same may be radiallyreand the producer Vwill be alternately opened volved and said cover and the upper secand closed whereby fuel will be periodically tion 1 may be sealed, as 'by means of the discharged into theinterior of the producer. Water seals 32. This cover may be pro- One side 60 of the depending portion 61 vided with peripheral teeth las at 33 with of the section 51 of the blast pipe may be which mesh a] gear wheel 34 carried upon flared as at 60 so that some of the fuel will the shaft 35 having 'a bevel gear 36 which be deflected laterally thereby insuring an 85 meshes with bevel gear 16 and by means of even distribution thereof upon the top of which said shaft is rotated. AIt will be noted the bed. Section 51 of the blast pipe may that shafts 14 and 34 and their driving conbe revolved by means of the bevel gear 62 nections are such that the cover portion 30 whichmeshes with the bevel gear 63 car and the lower section of the producer 2 will lried by section 51. Bevel gear 62 is carried 90 be revolved in opposite directions. by shaft 64. Shaft 64 is provided with the Located within section 1 of the producer, bevel gear 65 which meshes with a similar depending from cover 30 and suppo'rted gear 66 upon shaft 35. thereby is an annular Curtain or partition The cover is provided with radiallyy ex- 37, the lower end of which terminatesbetending ribs 67 which have apertures to al- 95 .low the point of jointure of `sections 1 and 16W the Water to flow to all parts of the said 2. This annular partition` or curtain is (cover. A plate G8 rests upon these ribs and spaced from the inner walls of section 1 ofv forms a platform above -the coter. t 1e producer to form a mixing chamber 38 In order to assist in the discharge ot' the and leading from .this mixing chamber is a gas from the producer, a fan asi at 70 may 100 discharge pipe 40 by means ,of which the be provided in the discharge conduit 40, said gas may be led to any desired location. fan in the present instance being driven Cover 30 of th producer is provided at its by a shaft and supported iu the spider 71. edge with an opstanding flange 41 and (/)f course this fan may be located at any this =iiange and the cover provide a recep- 'point in the discharge conduit.A 105 tacle for holding water which-servesto cool The carbonaeeous material which in' the the top of the apparatus. The annular par'- present instance is bituminous coal is intro` tition oi' curtain 37 which is preferably holduced into the hopper 44 and is discharged low, as shown, may be also water cooled by therefrom periodically through thecover means of the pipes 42 which conduct water of the producer, whence it falls into the 110 from the cover portion to the. lower end 0f basin chamber constituted by the lower seethe curtain, and pipe 43 extending through tion 2. The fuel is then ignited in the usual pipe 42 serves to conduct the water from manner. When a-suitable bed of luu'ning the bottom of the curtain 37 back to the coalhas been obtained within the producer water receptacle formed upon the cover poradditional fresh fuel is introduced by means tion. y of the hopper and the apparatus is then 44 denotes an annular fuel hopper, suit ready to operate. ably supported upon cover 30 and adapted Y When the apparatus is in normal operato revolve therewith. Into this hopper tel tion the lower section 2 is revolved as has may be discharged from the chu-te 4:`i,suitbeen heretofore explained and the proper 120 ably supported `above the producer.; a waamount of blast which, may be composed of ter seal 46 being provided betweenhopper either steam or air or an admixture of these 44 and chute 45. The cover v30 is provided gases admitted into the interior of-theprof with iapertures as at 47, and registering" "sheen As will be noted this blast may be with theseapertures are apertures 4S of i ischarged into the producer through 1.110125 plate 50 carried by a revoluble portion 5l itwyer box 28 and through the blast pipe ot' the blast pipe 52. Section 5l of the blast 52- the kblaat passing through the bed of pipe may be suitably scaled from section 52 i' nel within thc space 'formed interior i :of thereof, by means of the water seal 53,y said lthe-partition or curtain 37 which may be seal being protected as by means of a shield crcin termed retort passes in a downof incandescent fuel .contained 1n thesec tion 2 of the producer before-they pass into the ini ig chamber whence they are discliarged through the exitcoiiduit 40. The suction produced by the fan assists in witlidrawing the 4gas from the producet. r.Flic-rot-.ition of the depending curtain or partit on 37, as has been above described. serv o constantly to agitate the mass within` the producer and prevent the formation of crevices or fissures and the rotation of the n 51, of the blast pipe serves to evenly dis ribute the fuel upon the top of the mass.

It will accordingly be seen that I have provided a construction. well adapted among others to attain all the ends and objects of my invention above enumerated in a simple v'ltiicient i'iianiuer. i

the fuel' in the retort becomes heated. i' Lire volatile hydrocarbon constituents l stilled ofi' and these gases pass down- Wardly through the partly coled ,portion of, the 4fuel to mix with 4the lighter and more permanent gases which pass upward through the bed of incandescent fuel in the lower part ofthe producer. Thus the distillatioii and oxidation of the hydrocarbon constituents of the fuel will take place in the retort and the colte will be burned oit` in the lower portion of the producer or com bustion chamber, sufficient oxygen being supplied by the blast to oxidize any volatile constituents present in the fuel discharged to that portion of the producer. The carbon dioxid gas passing through the coked material unites` largely with the `free carbon present to forni carbon. monoxid gas and any carbon monoxid gas formed in the lower portion of the producer will pass through the bed of incandescent fuel to the mixing chamber in an unchanged condition. i

.As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invenV tion could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing .'sliiill be interpreted as illustrative and not in a lin'iitingsense.' lt is also to be understood that the language used `in the follow ing claims intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of i the scope of the invention, which as a matter of language, might be said to fallthere-v between. i

Having described my'invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination in a gas producer of a casing, Aa revoluble cover therefor, and a depending curtain carried b Said cover which extends downwardly within the producer, and means for rcvolying the cover.

2.The combination in a as producer of a casing having fixed an tions, a chamber for containing raw fuel or coke located in one of said sectionsI and spaced from the walls thereof, said chamber being revolublc, and means for revolving' said chamber.

3. The combination inv a gas producer of a casing, a depending annular curtain located in the vupper part of said casing, means whereby said curtain may be revolved, means for delivering blast into the lower part of said casing, and means for delivering blast within said curtain.

` 4.- In combination with a gas producer, a casing having upper and lower sections, one of which is revoluble, a depending revoluble curtain located in the upper section adapted to'contain rawy fuel and forni an upper combustion chamber, and means for revolving said curtain. i

5. The combination in a gas producer of a casing comprising a fixed upper section and a revoluble lower section," a revoluble cover for the upper section, a depending annular wallearried by said cover, and means for revolving the cover.

6. The combination in a gas producer of a casing comprising a fixed upper section and a revoluble lower section, a `depending annular revoluble wall located in the upper section and carried by the cover portion of the producer, the exterior surface of which `is spaced from the opposed interior sui'- face of the casing, said wall de )ending berevoluble secf low the point of jointure of sai upper and lower sections, and means for revolving said wall.-

7. The combinationin a gas producer having an upper fixed section and a lower revoluble section of a depending revoluble annular casing in the upper the lower end of.which depends below the point of jointure between the fixed and lower revoluble sections, means for revolving said annular casing, and a gas discharge conduit leading from the upper. section.

8. The combination in a gas producer of a casing having relatively ii'iovable upper Aand 'lower sections, and a revolublc retort located in one of said sections, and means for i'evol'vinfr said retort.

E). The combination in a gas producer" of a casing having relatively movable upper and lower sections, a revolublc retort losection,

.a wall which cated in one of said sections, means forA revolving said retort, and means for discharging fuelinto said retort.

10. The combination in a gas producer of a casing composed of relatively movable upper and lower sections, a revoluble cover upon the upper Section, a retort formed by depends from the cover and which is adapted to revolve therewith, the space between said retort and the walls of the upper section of the casing forming a fixing .and mixing chamber for the gases, means for discharging fuel through said cover into said retort, means for delivering blast through said cover into said retort, means for delivering blast into the lower section of ysaid casing, and means for revolving said cover.

11. The combination in a gas producer of a' casing having a lower movable section and an upper fixed section, a movable retort in said upper section spaced from `the walls thereof to provide a mixing chamber, means for moving said retort, and means for eonductinggas from Said mixing chamber.

12. The combination in a gas producer of ac: sing divided liorizontaliy to form upper and lower relatively movable sections, means for revolving the lower section, afrevoluble coverfor the' upper section, a depending annular wall carried by the cover and. revolubletherewith, and means for revolving the cover in a direction opposite to that in which the lower section is revolved.

13. The combination in a gas producer of a casing having a lower movable section, an upper fixed section, and al movable retort in said upper section which is spaced from the walls thereof to provide a mixing and xing chamber between the same and the inner walls of the upper section.

14. The combination in a gas producer of a casing, a Vdejfaending annular curtain located in the upper part of said casing, means drawingthe for revolving said curtain, means for delivering blast into the lower portion of said casing, and means for delivering blast within said curtain.

15. The combination in a gas producer of a casing, a depending annular curtain 1ocated in the upper part of said casing, means for revolving said. curtain, means for delivering blast into the lower portion of said casing, and means for delivering fuel and blast evenly within said curtain.

16. The combination in a gas producer of a casing comprising a fixed upper'section and a revoluble lower section, a cover for the upper section, a depending annular wall carried by said cover, and means for revolving said annular wall.

17. The combination in a gas producer of a casing having a revolublecover portion, means for revolving the same, a chamber carried by the cover portion, and means for uniformly feeding fuel and through said cover into said chamber 'carried thereby. y

18. The combination in a gas producer provided with a rotatable retort in its upperv portion, said retort being spaced from the inner walls of the producer to form a mixing chamber'- for the gases, of means for forcing blast into the lower portion of the producer, means for forcing a blast into the upper portion of said producer and within conveying blast said` retort, mechanical means for withi was intermediate the upper and lower ends ov said producer at a point above the lower end of said retort, a gas delivery pipe leading from the space between said retort and the inner walls of the casing, and means for rotating saidretort.

In witness whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. HERRICK. Witnesses: l

A. S. HONIGSBERG, B. W. CoULDooK. 

